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Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Am I having an Affair with my Postie?

Maybe husband hasn't noticed how often Mr Postman comes to our front door - if he I'd I'm sure he's have his suspicions:

The first visit was to bring me a package from the lovely (and tolerant) Meg at New Threads.

The
conversation went "Can I have a box of Aurifil please . . . but can I
have a mixture of 40 and 50 weight please . . . and can I choose the
colours , . . . and no I don't have numbers for all the colours . . . um
. . . not quite off white, more a milky coffee sort of colour . . ."
all this by email about 11 o'clock at night - Meg you are customer
service personified!

The second visit from Mr Postie came from the equally lovely Katherine at Quilt Direct -
again email convos at a time when people should be having their own
life, not helping me ponder the great questions such as What size hexi
templates do I really want, and is my fabric big enough?, add to that a
big can of lazy baste, or 505 at it's trading name, and giving me advice
too, fab!

Thirdly, a super quick delivery from Jaycotts, with more Brother orange thread for the pumpkins I am embroidering (plus spare black, and some new needles)

Finally
the word has obviously not gone out to ignore me as an online customer .
. . I first met Cindy when she hosted the Goodie Swap last year, and
have been a regular visitor to her blog ever since. She has now opened
Fluffy Sheep Quilting as an on-line store,
and I managed to mess up my first order (totally my fault, not hers or
the site's fault), so THAT took emails to sort out, but was so worth it .
. .

I got the Kona Coal and the dark Violet as I think both will look fab with the hexies, thank you Cindy :-)